Doug Baldwin, Seattle Seahawks look to overcome road history

Playoff struggles away from home a storyline today in Atlanta

8:35 PM,
Jan. 12, 2013

Gulf Breeze graduate Doug Baldwin breaks free for a 33-yard gain during the second quarter of the Seattle Seahawks' 24-14 win against the Washington Redskins last week in the wild-card round of the NFC playoffs.

Written by

Bob Heist
| bheist@pnj.com

In their recent history, the Seattle Seahawks have the wild-card round of the playoffs down pat. The divisional round, though, has been a different story.

That's a page Gulf Breeze High graduate Doug Baldwin wants to see finally turned as Seattle (12-5) meets NFC top seed Atlanta (13-3) at noon today for a spot in the conference championship game.

"I don't want to sound overconfident about anything, but we feel we're getting close to playing at a level we're capable of playing at," said Baldwin, a second-year receiver coming off two catches for 39 yards in a playoff-opening 24-14 win at NFC East ...